Mumbai: Rape survivor alleges threats from relatives of accused school teacher

The 14yearold rape survivor has filed a fresh complaint at the Pelhar police station against the relatives of the accused teacher and school management who have been charged under strict sections of the POCSO Act accusing them of criminally intimidating her and her family since the FIR was lodged against themIn her onepage complaint the rape survivor alleged that she has been receiving life threats from the accusedrsquos close relatives who have been repeatedly telling her that she the school girl will be lsquoforced to marry the teacher who raped herrsquo multiple times since MarchldquoI am in fear because they have a strong background and I am alone sicrdquo read the complaint letter submitted before the investigating officer ldquoThe pressure which I am facing is very frustrating Please give attention to this matter sicrdquo the complaint read which was submitted before Pelhar police station on September 9A protest in support of the survivor outside the school premises last week PicsHanif PatelThe accused teacher was arrested last month after the girl reported the incident to the Pelhar police station in Nalasopara East However the school management including the principal and the supervisor who allegedly took no action despite being informed of the serious crime were initially not charged Following a midday expose the principal and supervisor have now also been booked under the provisions of the POCSO ActTalking to midday the brother of the rape survivor accused the school management of trying to bribe him to withdraw the case against them ldquoNot directly but the school management has been trying to bribe us with a huge amount so that the FIR against the principal and supervisor can be quashedrdquo the brother saidldquoThe school management has contacted our distant relatives in Jaunpur thretening us to dilute the FIR or else they will take revenge I have also learnt that the school management has been trying to register a bogus sexual abuse case against me to use it as an armtwisting tool to weaken the POCSO caserdquo the brother saidldquoWhen the rape case was being registered against the teacher at Pelhar police station the accusedrsquos brother tried to convince me not to take stringent action And when we did not succumb to his pressure he criminally intimidated me saying ldquothik hai dekh lenge tumkordquo we will see later We are a simple family who is being squarely squeezed by all the sides of the accused in this caserdquo he addedldquoI have got a whiff that the school management has been trying to falsely implicate me in a fake rape case to settle the score We all have been disturbed since the day we learnt about it Now we are planning to relocate from this area to a safer place as our life is under constant threatrdquo said the brother who has gone to his hometown in north IndiaWhen contacted the Pelhar police speaking about the onepage complaint letter submitted by the rape survivor said ldquoYes we have received a fresh complaint against the relatives of the accused trio The survivor and her relatives have received no direct threat from them but we have strongly reprimanded them and warned them not to indulge in any criminal activities as such because the POCSO Act is very stringentrdquo